how to use dynamic variable for symbols in ruby where statements - ruby-on-rails

I dont how to accomplish this problem.
I faced with this problem 3 times and each time I put it in my todo list but even tho I tried to find a solution I couldnt.
For examples,
I m trying to create a query with dynamic variables of this example;
User.search(first_name_start: 'K')
there are 3 arguments in this example;
1)first_name - My model attribute
2)start - Query type (start/end/cont )
3)'3' - value
I was able to create dynamic ActiveRecord using static symbols but how am I suppose to make dynamic input
Thanks in advance
EDIT: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
let me show you a some kind of pseudo-code
varArray.each_with_index |x,index|
queryString=varArray[i]+"_"+filterArray=[i] #lets say varArray[i], this will be first_name, an actual model attribute/a column in my db
#and filterArray like /start/end/with a filter type
#and finally valArray a string value like 'geo' or 'paul'
User.where(queryString valArray[i]).result
I tried to use send(variable) but that didnt help me either, so i dont how should i proceed,

This is one of a few cases where new fancy Ruby 1.9 syntax for defining hashes doesn't cut it. You have to use the traditional hashrocket (=>) that allows you to specify not only symbols, but any arbitrary values as hash keys:
column = "#{first_name}_size_#{query_type}".to_sym
User.where( column => value )
AFAIK, ActiveRecord is able to accept strings instead of symbols as column names, so you don't even need to call to_sym.

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Lua, using table of strings as keys to call values from different tables

What I want
ores = {"Bauxite", "Coal", "Hematite"}
properties={["Bauxite"]={name="Bauxite", density=1.2808},["Coal"]={name="Coal" , density=1.3465},["Quartz"]={name="Quartz" , density=2.6498},["Hematite"]={name="Hematite" , density=5.0398}}
system.print(properties.ores[1].name)
system.print(properties.ores[1].density)
Should Output
Bauxite
1.2808
This is a recurrent question regarding indexing tables by a value rather than by a constant string. You're currently using ((properties.ores)[1]).name; this is not parsed as properties.(ores[1]).name as you seem to have expected. That's because . is always followed by an identifier - a constant string - which is used to index the table. table.key is just shorthand for table["key"] for keys matching [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*. If you want to dynamically index a table with some expression, you have to use table[expr].
To fix your code, simply do:
system.print(properties[ores[1]].name)
system.print(properties[ores[1]].density)

Suppress delimiters in Ruby's String#split

I'm importing data from old spreadsheets into a database using rails.
I have one column that contains a list on each row, that are sometimes formatted as
first, second
and other times like this
third and fourth
So I wanted to split up this string into an array, delimiting either with a comma or with the word "and". I tried
my_string.split /\s?(\,|and)\s?/
Unfortunately, as the docs say:
If pattern contains groups, the respective matches will be returned in the array as well.
Which means that I get back an array that looks like
[
[0] "first"
[1] ", "
[2] "second"
]
Obviously only the zeroth and second elements are useful to me. What do you recommend as the neatest way of achieving what I'm trying to do?
You can instruct the regexp to not capture the group using ?:.
my_string.split(/\s?(?:\,|and)\s?/)
# => ["first", "second"]
As an aside note
into a database using rails.
Please note this has nothing to do with Rails, that's Ruby.

Rails validation scope of serialized text array

I have a Rails model that has a field array_field, which is a serialized text array. I want the combination of this array value and the value of another_field to be unique.
Should be straightforward, no?
class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base
validates_uniqueness_of :array_field, scope: [:another_field]
serialize :filters, Array
end
This doesn't work. However, if I switch them around in the validations,
validates_uniqueness_of :another_field, scope: [:array_field] works as expected.
Can someone explain why this is the case? Is this expected behavior?
The Postgres error for the former setup when array_field's value is nil or [] is this:
PG::SyntaxError: ERROR: syntax error at or near ")"
LINE 1: ...other_field" = 103 AND "foo"."array_field" = ) LIMIT 1
When array_field is [[1, 2], [3, 4, 5]] (a sample multiarray I was using), it's:
PG::UndefinedFunction: ERROR: operator does not exist: text = integer
LINE 1: ...other_field" = 103 AND "foo"."array_field" = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) LIMIT 1
It seems that Rails doesn't know how to translate the serialized object for this query. Am I missing something or is this a bug?
Edit: This is occurring in Rails 4.0.2.
Second Edit:
Clarification: I understand why this is happening (Rails has custom logic for list queries), and I'm using both a custom validator to manually perform the serialization before validating and a custom serializer to avoid problems with comparisons of Yaml strings (as detailed in my other question here).
At this point I'm mostly just wondering why validates_uniqueness_of treats the primary field differently from the scope fields, and am hoping someone can shed some light.
I can't explain why the validations work one way around, but not the other.
But I think basically your problems are due to the fact that serialize only defines that an attribute is to be serialized using Yaml on save and deserialized upon load.
In other words: the only thing you say by doing serialize :filters, Array is that
when saving a Foo, serialize it's filters attribute using Yaml first,
when loading a Foo from the DB, make sure that the value of the
filters attribute is an Array after deserialization, otherwise raise an exception
It does not affect how queries are constructed. Instead, Rails' usual rules for queries are used. So an array is converted into a comma separated list of numbers. This makes sense for example when constructing a LIKE query. This is the reason why the query fails. The DB field is a string but you're trying to compare it to a list.
I haven't used native PostgreSQL array columns with Rails 4, but my guess is that these issues would solved if you used those instead a serialization-type solution. You get the added benefit of being able to search within the contents of arrays on the DB level.

merge json and remove duplicates ruby rails

I have the following json
Suppose my selection in mobile then this fields will be generated
{"Style":"convertible","Year":"2010","Color":"green"}
{"Style":"convertible","Year":"2010","Color":"red"}
And if my selection is bike then this field will be generatd
{"model":"2012","mileage":"20kmph","Color":"red"}
How do i achieve the above result.
Edit-1
I have the form in which some of the fields with be auto generated based on category selection. I have converted the auto generated fields to json and stored in database as single column.
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I don't know how to explain can you understand what I am looking for. Check out my screenshots for better understanding
I'm assuming (for some crazy reason) that you will be using Ruby to do this.
But first, your expected output is wrong because you can't have a hash with duplicate keys:
{"Color": "green", "Color": "red"}
...is impossible. Same goes for the "Year" keys. Think of keys within a hash as Highlanders. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE (of the same name). Therefore, your actual expected output would be:
{"Style":"convertible", "Year":"2012", "Color":"red", "name":"test"}
Or whatever. Anyway...
Step 1: Convert JSON to a Ruby Hash
require 'json'
converted = JSON.parse '[{"Style":"convertible","Year":"2010","Color":"green"},
{"Style":"convertible","Year":"2010","Color":"red"},
{"name":"test","Year":"2012","Color":"red"}]'
Step 2: Merge them
merged = {}
converted.each { |c| merged.merge! c }
Now the merged variable should look like the above actual expected output.
The only problem left is deciding which duplicate keys override which other duplicate keys. What matters here is the order in which you merge the hashes. The ones merged last overrides any existing duplicate key/values. Hope that helps.

jRuby / Rails sort hash by another hash value

I have a hash that will render my html differently based on a particular variable. The variable is within the hash. So I am wondering how I can pass a hash value to a group by. to sort the rest heres what I am trying, maybe this will explain it better than me wording it.
<% grouped = svcs.group_by { |svc| svc[val[:sorttype]] } %>
val is a multidimensional hash. the first 2 key value pairs sorttype and one other are simple key and value, the 3rd piece (svcs) contains the equivilent of a 2D hash. Which if I manually type the type of sort I want to apply to it for the group by it works ie:
<% grouped = svcs.group_by { |svc| svc[:service_name] } %>
in PHP i know in a similar instance I can pass a variable of some sort to something like this and have it work. I assume such is the case here. However Im not sure how to put the variable in. Cause all the ways Ive tried don't work
It depends a little.
Rails' has a HashWithIndifferentAccess that will not distinguish between string and symbol keys; if you're using one of those, it should work as-is.
If it's not, it depends what the val entries are--if they're strings, convert to a symbol using to_sym, e.g., svc[val[:sorttype].to_sym].

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